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Cox Communications is developing an advanced interactive program guide and video-navigation system, according to Steve Necessary, the company's vice president of video-product development and support. The system is expected to be ready sometime in the fourth quarter and could be the first step in Cox's integrating the tru2way platform across its footprint.

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Looking to hasten the deployment of tru2way applications, CableLabs later this year will release a source-code reference implementation for the advanced technology. The move went over well with cable providers, such as Time Warner Cable's Phil Won: "With CableLabs providing a reference implementation and a compliance test plan, tru2way vendors and developers will have immediate access to a common source code that implements new features and functions on the tru2way platform."